Sustainability Report 2005-2006
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007
Supervising Scientist Division environmental performance
Environmental Management Expenditure
EN35: Total environmental expenditures by type
Goals 2005-06
- None set
Performance 2005-06 and trends
SSD’s main functions are environmental protection and research. During 2005-06, SSD’s entire budget was allocated to the performance of these functions. As part of DEH, SSD contributes to the DEH outputs identified below from the Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS). A full breakdown of SSD financial statements can be obtained from the DEH 2005-06 Annual Report.
| PBS Output | Summary cost of outputs |
|---|---|
| Uranium Mining | |
| 1.5 Response to the impacts of human settlements | $9 310 000 |
| Tropical Wetlands | |
| 1.2 Conservation of the land and inland waters | $ 466 000 |
| Total | $9 776 000 |
Commentary
SSD is comprised of two branches: OSS and ERISS. OSS is responsible for supervision, audit and policy functions in relation to uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region. ERISS conducts environmental monitoring and research into the effects of uranium mining in the region and conducts research on ecology and conservation of wetlands in the context of tropical river systems.
Goals 2006-07
- None set
Related Indicators
Contents
- Sustainability Report 05-06
- Executive summary
- Vision and strategy
- Our organisation
- Governance
- Policy and influence
- Environmental performance
- Social performance
- Economic performance
- Report assurance statement
- Case studies
- GRI index
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